Caterpillar fashion
by Gideon Levy http://www.haaretz.com:80/hasen/spages/1004894.html Israel might be able to go on claiming that it will not be the first to… Read More »Caterpillar fashion
Iran – Features
Two state hypocrisy
By Daniel McGowan
(source: Gilad Atzmon- www.gilad.co.uk)
Historical Palestine (or Israel within the borders it now controls including pre-1967 Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, and the Golan Heights) is one country with one water system, one electrical grid, one powerful military to defend and define its external borders, one monetary system, one telephone system, and one postal system. It is already one state, although half the population has lesser rights or none at all.
The current argument for creating two states is simply another attempt to carve out a Jewish state, called Israel, where Jews have by law superior rights to non-Jews. It involves ethnic cleansing, segregation, and racism; it is definitely not a formula for lasting peace.
American support of a racist, apartheid state is contrary to what we Americans profess to believe. Yet we overwhelmingly endorse the idea of a Jewish state and ignore the basic human rights of half the population that is not “chosen.”
Sa muslims detained at uganda airport
By Jeff Wicks
Two South African Muslim clerics have been detained by the Ugandan government on suspicion of being involved in terrorism.
According to reports by Radio Islam, the men were detained by the joint anti-terrorism task force of Uganda at Entebbe International Airport in Kampala on Sunday.
The families of the two Johannesburg men are expected to call on the department of foreign affairs to intervene on their behalf.
Mufti Hussain Bhayat, 57, of Lenasia, and Haroon Saley, believed to be in his early 50s, from Azaadville on Johannesburg’s West Rand, are being held by Ugandan authorities.
The two had apparently arrived in Uganda from Kenya and were to arrive at OR Tambo International Airport on Thursday morning.
Ugandan defence and army spokesperson Major Paddy Ankunda said the two are being held by the Ugandan military intelligence.
Foreign Affairs Department spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa said the arrest of the clerics was yet to be confirmed.
"At this stage we have not been able to verify the arrest of the two men, but we have been in contact with our diplomatic mission in Uganda.
"A team there is liaising with the Ugandan authorities to firstly confirm the arrest. Once confirmed they will facilitate a meeting and offer our counsel."
According to Bhayat’s son, Mahmood, his father had travelled to Nairobi last week.
(This article was originally published on page 1 of The Cape Times on August 22, 2008)
Published on the Web by IOL on 2008-08-22 06:12:00
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Hillary clintons latest lies
By Paul Craig Roberts
(source: The Wisdom Fund.org)
The BBC reported on July 4 that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the US ballistic missile base in Poland was not directed at Russia. The purpose of the base, she said, is to protect Poland from the Iranian threat.
Why would Iran be a threat to Poland? What happens to US credibility when the Secretary of State makes such a stupid statement? Does Hillary think she is fooling the Russians? Does anyone on earth believe her? What is the point of such a transparent lie? To cover up an act of American aggression against Russia?
In the same breath Hillary warned of a “steel vise” of repression crushing democracy and civil liberties around the world. US journalists might wonder if she was speaking of the United States. Glenn Greenwald reported in Salon on July 4 that the US Coast Guard, which has no legislative authority, has issued a rule that journalists who come closer than 65 feet to BP clean-up operations in the Gulf of Mexico without permission will be punished by a $40,000 fine and one to five years in prison. The New York Times and numerous journalists report that BP, the US Coast Guard, Homeland Security, and local police are prohibiting journalists from photographing the massive damage from the continuing flow of oil and toxic chemicals into the Gulf.